Bloom Day, August '14

Cynanchum ascyrifolium, "Cruel Plant"

We got to enjoy a day or so at the Cottage this week.  Amid the weeds are many things I planted, in bloom.  

Cruel Plant & Rudbeckia hirta

Coreopsis virticiliata - Thread Leaved Coreopsis

Silphium perfoliatum - Cup Plant

Heliopsis ____

Daylily season continues... I don't have mine labelled, though I do have lists somewhere that tell me the names. 

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Eryngium ____ & Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'

Echinops ritro - Globe Thistle

Hydrangea "Invincibelle Spirit"

Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'

Asclepias incarnata - Swamp Milkweed

Allium  _____

A late, random bloom on Chaenomeles japonica - Flowering Quince

Lilium 'Stargazer'?

Helenium sp. - Sneezeweed, or Helen's Flower

Yeah, that last picture is of a rather obscure plant - at least, to me.  This little thing is blooming in its second year from seed! It is less than two feet high.  A member of the Euphorbia family, it is likely the only woody Euphorb to live outdoors here in Nova Scotia.  Same family as Cushion Spurge, and the Poinsettia, not to mention quite a few succulents that resemble cacti.

Rudbeckia lacinata 'hortensia' - Goldenglow

This is the end of my Cottage shots for this month's Garden Blogger's Bloom Day.  Check out many more blogs at May Dreams Gardens.  :)

Rose 'Crocus'

Daylily Daze in Annapolis Royal

It's high season for Day Lilies here in Nova Scotia, Canada, so a visit to the nearby Historic Gardens in Annapolis Royal, was in order.  

Of course, other things add to the spectacle.  Such as this Hydrangea.  I think it was 'Blue Billows.'  I am a big fan of blue hydrangeas.  And, as the photos draw closer, check out the minuscule mass of blue confetti on the ground below this bush...

This garden has been in the works for, uh, about thirty years.  In the summer of '93 I lived in Anna Ro, and got myself a season pass to the gardens.  This month we moved nearby, and I got a season pass as a gift for Father's Day.  I will enjoy my regular visits thoroughly.

I hope you blog-readers each get to enjoy some public gardens near you all season long.

Catching Up at the Cottage

My attention to gardening at the Cottage has only been slightly more than my attention to blogging this summer... at a low ebb, in other words!  Time to catch up a bit.  Let's just call this a photo essay today...  

     Astilbe and friends, Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum), Wild Quinine (Parthenium integrifolium).

I am really liking Dyer's Greenwood (Genista tinctoria).

And, it is rose season...

This interesting new acquisition is, uh... well, I must hunt for the name.  ...Ah, here it is: seems to be called Cruel Plant! (Cynanchum ascyrifolium)  And the last shot is a little Allium I also got at a plant sale in the spring (A. nutans?).

Enjoy the bright bits of summer!